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Table 4 Immunohistochemical study of Rhabdomyosarcomatous tumors and small cell carcinoma

From: Adult urinary bladder tumors with rabdomyosarcomatous differentiation: Clinical, pathological and immunohistochemical studies

Cases

Number of cases

Myogenin

Cytokeratin

Synaptophysin

Chromogranin

FISH in RMS

RMS*

1

Positive

Negative

Positive

Negative

negative

RMS in ca^

2

Positive in

RMS

Negative in RMS; positive in ca

Positive in RMS in 1 out of 2 cases

Negative

negative

Small cell carcinoma

13

Negative

Positive (9/9)

Positive(9/9)

Positive in 7/9

N/A

  1. FISH DNA breakapart signal analysis for detection of translocation associated with EWS and FHKR.
  2. *RMS: Rhabdomyosarcoma or rhabdomyosarcomatous component in appropriate setting; ^ca: Carcinoma.